Cooper Rocks

When Cooper hears music, he tends to do one of two things:
1. Conduct the music. (He's the boss, just in case you didn't already know.)
2. Bang his head to the music.

See if you can tell which one he's doing here on a short road trip in the Mini...

And the Dad said "Feed thyself..."

Here's some footage of Cooper practicing eating on his own. And to answer your questions in advance, the yogurt container was empty; do you think I'm (that) insane?

Bonus: A paranoid cameo from our other cat (about 17 seconds in), who wants nothing to do with Cooper.

once again...

I find myself catching up on old photos/videos. So, here are a few more random ones.

Here's Cooper pretending to drink from a cup by our back window. He likes to hang out there on occasion and spend some quiet time contemplating the wonder of nature. At least, I think that's what he's doing.


Here's a random 'done eating' picture. There was another one with Tobi that I thought was a good one, but right before I posted it, I noticed that she had some food (probably some of Cooper's) stuck to one of her teeth. So, that was the end of that picture. That's the kind of one-strike-and-you're-out mistake that gets me in serious trouble. Phew!

Here's a nice picture of me and Cooper hanging out and relaxing. (Mostly because it's far enough away that you can't notice how bad I really look; excepting the pale, hairy legs anyway...)
This doesn't happen nearly as often as I would like; usually Cooper is on the go and ready to be doing something else. But, when it does happen, I really enjoy it. (And I realize that those moments aren't exactly fair to the non-stay-at-home parents out there. Ah the sacrifice...)

Cooper likes 'pull'; 'push' not so much.

Thankfully, Cooper only does this occasionally.
In a weird way, it's a bit of a treat when he does though, because (fortunately) it's about the loudest he ever gets, and he does enjoy himself.

Oh, and as a bonus, you get to see the early stages of his love affair with one of our cats.

Cooper's New Walking Shoes

We told Cooper he needed new walking shoes and he took us literally, by taking my shoes for a walk.

Smile! No really, smile!

So if we can manage to catch Cooper smiling it looks like this:

But if we ask him to smile he, more often than not, looks like this:

So if you see this face from now on, you'll know that he's not being tortured, he just thinks that's a great look for himself.